Two young cousins were in hospital on Monday on what should have been their first day of school after a slab of concrete fell on them at the weekend. The distraught families of Okunene Nonganga, 6, and Sinalo Mdeyide,12, from Port St Johns blame the OR Tambo district municipality for “shoddy work”, saying it was the cause of the accident.
More Bay of Plenty schools providing gender-neutral toilets
13 Feb, 2021 10:00 PM
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Gender-neutral toilets are becoming more common in schools across the Bay of Plenty. Photo / Getty Images
Gender-neutral toilets are becoming more common in schools across the Bay of Plenty. Photo / Getty Images
Gender-neutral bathrooms appear to be on the rise around Bay of Plenty schools.
Gender-neutral, or unisex toilets, have begun popping up in schools to ensure all students feel accepted. It s exactly why Te Puke Intermediate principal Jill Weldon made the decision to convert four of the 30 bathrooms using property maintenance money from the Ministry of Education last year.
In the absence of toilets
Two billion people don t have basic sanitary facilities such as toilets. Poor sanitation is linked to the spread of disease and reduces well-being. A social enterprise in Kenya is pioneering biodegradable disposable bags to collect pee and poo.
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Queensland’s ongoing sewerage crisis has escalated in the past 12 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic responsible for more “avalanches” of nondegradables.